Umayyad Caliphate

Persia. Although the people of these lands were supposedly converted, the Muslims conquered these areas for its resources, with real conversion occurring later on. This gaining of power throughout the Middle East led to the creation of multiple Caliphates, which were actually Islamic governments whose leadership was the Caliph, whose purpose was to lead the Muslim…

Buddhism: (1 - 1750) Buddhism originated in N. India, and is traced back to Siddhartha Guatama’s search for an antidote to end suffering in the 5th century BCE. Early Buddhism was spread slowly along the trade routes by Buddhist merchants and monks. In the 3rd century CE, Ashoka, a ruler of the Mauryan Empire, converted to Buddhism. He did not forcefully convert his people, but he sent missionaries to East Asia and left edicts throughout the empire. Buddhism eventually made it’s way into places…

not long after being named leader created the Umayyad dynasty. According to Spielvogel “As one of the first actions, the Umayyads moved the capital of the Muslim empire from Medina to the Damascus in Syria. This internal dissension over the caliphate created a split in Islam between the Shi’ites or those who accepted only the descendants of Ali, Muhammad’s son-in-law, as the true ruler and the Sunnites who claimed that the descendants of the Umayyads were the true caliphs.” (Spielvogel,…

The Desire to Create Spanish Unity Throughout the history of medieval Spain, a myriad of methods of control are employed by the political and religious regimes of the time in order to strengthen the unity of the state. In this paper, I will argue that religious persecution was rooted in the desire to create political and religious unity in Medieval Spain. The origins of religious persecution in the context of Christianity can be traced back to the time of the Visigoths, when the conversion…

kid on the block with the fastest growing religion on earth. As far as I can tell, they fought once. It was so important no one even knows where, exactly. Abbasids had just become an empire (like less than a year after waxing the floor with the Umayyads). The Tang would stop expanding westward and this is by far the further the Abbasids got. Wait, that doesn’t really matter… What happened that makes this AP-worthy?!?…

One of the most famous of all ancient societies, Ancient Egypt has captured the imaginations of historians, authors, and archaeologists for centuries. The civilization produced many of the world’s most famous monuments, from the Pyramids of Giza and the Great Sphinx to the Karnak Temple and Valley of the Kings. Dating from the 4th millennium BC, it is one of the earliest societies in recorded history, tracing roots back to 5000 BC and beginning its recorded history in around 2925 BC with its…

The Umayyad naval force held Cyprus, Rhodes, and number of Aegean islands, which served as bases for yearly seaborne assaults on Constantinople from 674 to 678. With the help of Greek flame Constantinople was effectively guarded, and the Arab development was checked surprisingly. Westbound over North Africa, notwithstanding, the Umayyad armed forces had much more noteworthy achievement. The Berbers, warlike roaming individuals…

He invents the machine that tells the time. We until now still use his invention in our industry, because it caused industrial revolution. *Abas Ibn Frnas: He was humanitarian, chemist, inventor, Arabic poet, technologist who lived in the Umayyad Caliphate of Cordoba that is Spain today in Al-Andalus. He had born in 875 CE. He believed that human can fly. So…

devout Muslims. (Bentley 295) After Muhammad’s death the following Dynasty was the Umayyad. Although the split of the faith into Sunni and Shia sects happened at the start of the Umayyad dynasty, it did not stop the leaders within that dynasty to make Islam more powerful. The Umayyad established a new capital in Syria, in the city of Damascus. By placing the new capital in a thriving city, it set-up the caliphate for better communication with the rest of the Islamic world. (Bentley 296) Lastly…

However, this did not last long because the Jewish did not like their change. Another connection with Jerusalem and Muslims was when Damascus ruled and a Mecca leader began a revolt against the Umayyads in 680. The Umayyads decided that Jerusalem would be their place where one of their rulers would become the caliphate (4). The Dome of the Rock also is a significant figure to Muslims. It is the location where Muhammad ascended to heaven (4). Muslims have been intertwined with Jerusalem for many…